Proposed Detroit Highrises
Detroit is branding itself as the Great American comeback city. New Developments and restoration of many Downtown buildings are in full swing with more to come. Hoping an illustrator out there can add renderings of buildings proposed and under construction.
Buildings of note under construction: -The Griswold building -New Little Caesars World HQ -new micro apartments at corner of Griswold and Grand River Ave. -Hudson site |
Why is Detroit building any new buildings where there is such a massive stock of empty buildings that could use a lot of TLC?
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The empty skyscraper era in Detroit is basically over! |
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The QLine on Woodward, 3-4 stadiums downtown, hundreds of bars and restaurants, increasing retail, and of course, where 100s of thousands of people work everyday means that demand downtown has gone up quickly and the supply of buildings needing TLC dropped just as fast. Sure there's still lots of vacant buildings several miles out from downtown needing restoration, but what would be the catalyst for restoring a building several miles out if there's still space closer downtown to be built on? |
Is it possible for a Detroit poster to give us insight on what buildings/highrises are being restored in Detroit (mainly Downtown and Midtown I'm guessing)?
The Hudson Site proposal is great, but is it serious? If so, that would do a lot of good to Downtown. |
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https://detroit.curbed.com/2017/5/26...oit-renovation |
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So many purdy buildings in Det. |
Currently being renovated:
1. Book Tower-475ft 2. David Stott Building-437ft 3. Free Press Building-190ft 4. Metropolitan Building-183ft Reopened since 2010: 1. David Broderick Tower-369ft 2. Book-Cadillac Hotel-349ft 3. David Whitney Building-272ft 4. Crowne Plaza Riverfront-262ft 5. Fort Shelby Hotel-242ft New construction planned/underway/recently completed: 1. Hudson's site development-800ft 2. One Monroe Avenue-536ft 3. Crowne Plaza Riverfront tower 2-338ft 4. Monroe Blocks residential tower 1-26 floors 5. Monroe Blocks residential tower 2-16 floors 6. The Griswold-15 floors Still vacant: 1. Executive Plaza-290ft 2. Michigan Central Station-232ft 3. United Artists Building-230ft [there are plans for renovation] |
The Ilitches proposed a renovation of the United Artists building.
The Park Avenue building is still in limbo though. They should really just demolish the smaller portion of executive plaza since it's ugly and not pedestrian friendly. Turn the tower into apartments. |
Could all of this help revitalize Detroit?
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No concrete details yet, but there was a soft announcement for a 20+ floor residential building near Comerica Park and it was announced a week ago or so that The Leland would be renovated. The Leland is 22 floors and is underused. |
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So, I feel that the recession actually helped Detroit get its shit together finally! I’ve heard about the possible 20 floor highrise, I think it’s directly across Woodward from the Fox Theatre. It’s a great site for such a building. Very happy to see the Leland getting a renovation also, it’s in such an awful state right now. I used to go clubbing there in the mid 80s when the City Club was big in the punk/new wave scene, so it makes me happy to see it getting some love! |
Could this thread maybe be moved to the midwest regional section?
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1. The Ashton 12 floors 2. Lafayette East (Former Wayne State Pharmacy School site) 12 floors 3. Mack & Woodward 16 floors 4. Hotel next to LCA 25~ floors 5. Hockeytown Hotel 25~floors 6. Residential tower next to Comarica Park 35~floors 7. Joe Louis Arena Site mixed use 30~floors 8. Grand Blvd & Woodward mixed use tower 30~ floors Source: Crains Detroit |
The Aston condo is delayed.No action yet,even thought it was to have started construction several months ago.
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With the HUGE announcement that Ford Motor Co not only bought the old Michigan Central Depot but also plans to restore it, I finally have that feeling that a corner has been turned in Detroit.
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An updated list:
Currently being renovated/renovations planned: 1. Book Tower-475ft 2. David Stott Building-437ft 3. Free Press Building-190ft 4. Metropolitan Building-183ft 5. Michigan Central Station-232ft 6. United Artists Building-230ft Reopened since 2010: 1. David Broderick Tower-369ft 2. Book-Cadillac Hotel-349ft 3. David Whitney Building-272ft 4. Crowne Plaza Riverfront-262ft 5. Fort Shelby Hotel-242ft New construction approved/underway/recently completed: 1. Hudson's site development-800ft 2. One Monroe Avenue-536ft 3. Crowne Plaza Riverfront tower 2-338ft 4. Monroe Blocks residential tower 1-26 floors 5. Monroe Blocks residential tower 2-16 floors 6. The Griswold-15 floors Planned/rumored new construction: 1. Grand & Woodward tower- ~30 floors 2. Residential tower near Comerica Park 3. Hotel near LCA 4. Hotel on Hockeytown Cafe site Still vacant without plans: 1. Executive Plaza-290ft |
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